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STORE OF THE MONTH: CASA MAGAZINES / NEW YORK

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Next time in New York, we know what one of our first stops will be: the tiny corner shop Casa Magazines in the West Village, which looks exactly like the kind of newsagent we can get excited about, inconspicuous from the outside, but a treasure chest on the inside. A family business of true magazine [...]

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: CIVILIZATION

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Civilization is the latest gem masterminded by art director celebre Richard Turley – a maybe one-off maybe not newspaper about New York, possibly, even though it’s hard to say. What’s safe to say is that it is unlike anything else out there at the moment, and yet so undeniably now. Irritatingly or refreshingly text-heavy, depending [...]

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MONO.KULTUR #45: RICHARD PRICE

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Dear Friends,
mono.kultur #45 is our homage to the great mythical city that is New York. And who better to talk to about New York than Richard Price? The acclaimed writer gained international attention with novels such as Clockers and Lush Life, and his work for numerous films and television serials, including The Night Of and [...]

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BADLANDS OPENS RETAIL

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Badlands Unlimited has recently announced the opening of its flagship retail outlet in the Lower East Side in Manhattan. A partnership between Badlands and long time LES business owners Mr. and Mrs. Yu, Y.oung P.ublisher 99¢ & Up is a one-of-a-kind retail experience conveniently located in the heart of the historic Lower East Side.
“Badlands publishes books [...]

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ARCADIA

Monday, November 23, 2015

It came to my notice that the legendary Arcadia gallery will move from NYC to L.A. within a short time.
If you check out their webpage you will find some extraordinary art pieces of contemporary artists in Arcadia’s current and apparently last show in the city of the cities, among them my one and favourite Daniel [...]

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BLOCKBUSTER FAIL

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

The German blockbuster-directer Roland Emmerich has just released a trailer for his new movie Stonewall, and it’s been already discussed controversially, particularly about its lack of authenticity. Just to quickly recap: The Stonewall Riots were a series of protests in 1969 against the police by the LGBT community in New York after a police raid in [...]

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WHEN TO SAY NOTHING

Friday, July 17, 2015

It’s rare to come across an Instagram account that goes beyond the personally mundane and actually captures a little of that something that defines living in our days and time. Photographer Daniel Arnold on the other hand has a whopping 100k+ followers and for good reason: his images speak about our lives rather than his, [...]

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BALLET GOES NOISE

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Our all time favorite noise-heroine Kim Gordon had an interesting collaboration last year, when she was commissioned to compose music for a ballet initiated by artist Nick Mauss. Inversions was first performed at Frieze Projects 2014, now the audio is to receive a limited edition vinyl release. Exclaim reports that Music for Inversions: A Live [...]

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WALKING IN NEW YORK

Friday, April 24, 2015

Tomorrow, The New York Times Magazine (under the art direction of Matt Willey, who also designed our ever so popular issue with Chris Ware) will feature one of the most impressive covers I’ve seen in a while, featuring a giant 50m-tall paste-up by street artist JR, on the theme of walking in the city. Nice [...]

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Snowden Memorial (removed)

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Street art going “museum-quality” sculpture: Artists secretly installed an Ed Snowden monument in Brooklyn Park. But officials were quick to remove it.

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